Originally Posted by
CMK10
I'm loving these golden age Continental stories, my one hardly deserves to be in the same forum, let alone thread
My first CO flight was in 1997 on a then brand new ERJ-145 from CLE-HPN. I remember thinking the 1-2 seating and the small jet were the most innovative invention since the Wright Brothers. I was further astounded that on this <500 mile flight that they served us a box dinner of chicken pasta, roll, desert and even mints.
And to think most of us hate the ER4 now
I do remember when 145 the replaced the ATR-42 on a number of runs out of IAH. And at the time, I thought it was pretty darned neat. Then the 145 started showing up on longer routes replacing 737s......and that development was not so neat.